Byrd Head
Byrd Head is a conspicuous, rocky headland on the Mawson Coast 1 mi southeast of Colbeck Archipelago, just west of Howard Bay. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who named it for R.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Byrd Head
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland on the Mawson Coast
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Byrd Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Byrd Head”
- Chinese: “伯德角”
- Dutch: “Byrd Head”
- German: “Byrd Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Byrd Head”
- Swedish: “Byrd Head”
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